The Ninth Bride (Samantha and Finley)

Chapter 28 Using Herself as the Guinea Pig

When Finley came out, Samantha had already placed the dishes on the table.

This time, when preparing the shrimp, Samantha had removed the shells in advance. Now, Finley could eat them without having to peel them himself.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

In her previous life, Finley loved shrimp the most. Therefore, Samantha made a lot of it tonight. Throughout the meal, she served Finley the shrimp, leading Finley to glance at her and say, "I don't like others to decide what I eat."

However, Samantha continued to pick food for Finley. "I'm not others; I'm your wife," she said and added after a beat, "Finley, you have to get used to me, your wife's presence."

He feared that if he got used to it, he wouldn't want to die. However, the poison in his body was incurable, so he didn't want to give Samantha too much hope, nor did he want to respond to her. Not responding was the only thing he could do for her.

Finley didn't eat much that night before heading into the study. After Finley left, Samantha held a medicine pot and began brewing medicine. Due to the intense toxicity of the medicine, Samantha didn't put in much for the first attempt.

As she brewed the poison, Samantha made notes. At the same time, she also prepared the antidote.

In her previous life, the genius doctor was afraid Finley couldn't endure the poison, so he provided an antidote. Samantha remembered that as soon as she felt uncomfortable after drinking the poison, she would take the antidote. This way, even though it would harm her bo Being a guinea pig to the poison was inherently damaging. Even if the harm wasn't too severe, there would still be damage. But for Finley, she could endure such pain..

After brewing the medicine, Samantha, ensuring there was no one around, quickly drank the brewed poison in one gulp. Instantly, Samantha felt her stomach churn uncomfortably. Then, every organ in her body started to feel uneasy.

Samantha hastily grabbed the antidote and drank it. She had only taken a small amount, yet the effects were already so intense. Imagine if she had taken the full dose! She might not have survived long enough to drink the antidote Fortunately, she tested it on herself before giving it to Finley; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

After drinking the antidote, Samantha's completion remained pale. She leaned against the wall for a brief break and then hid the two medicine pots away. After all, the consequences

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would be dire if Daphne used them unknowingly for cooking.

After Samantha tidied everything up, she returned to her room, showered, and then lay down on the bed to rest.

Perhaps genuinely worn out, she didn't realize it when Finley returned from the study. Finley, sitting in the wheelchair, approached Samantha, observing her bloodless face. His eyebrows involuntarily furrowed. She didn't look so awful when we had dinner earlier. What happ At that, he felt her forehead- it wasn't warm. Instead, it was shockingly chilling. Shouldn't a person normally be down with a fever when they're unwell? Why would Samantha's temperature drop instead?

As Finley was pondering this, Samantha's body started trembling.

"Cold... So cold."

Finley watched Samantha before taking a blanket from the side and covering her, but Samantha continued to complain about the cold.